Board of Trustees
2024-2025 Board of Trustees
Thabata Ford
Chair
Vice President, Operations and System Pulmonary Baptist Medical Center and Wolfson Children’s Hospital
Joy Farris
Vice Chair
Assistant General Counsel, Florida Blue
Jeanne Lightcap
Treasurer
Retired – PGA Tour, Inc. 1987-2022 – EVP Finance
Karyn Kern Carroll
Secretary
Travel Advisor, The Hello Agency
Yared Alula
Deputy General Counsel TMRW Sports
Deputy General Counsel
Fr. Wiley Ammons, Rector
Regional Canon Diocese of Florida
Rector of The Church of the Redeemer on Jacksonville’s southside and Canon for the First Coast East Region
Joel C. Chamberlain, CPA/PFS, MACC
Founding Partner, Financial Solution Advisors, PLLC
Joel C. Chamberlain is a CPA/PFS for entrepreneurs and Founding Member at Financial Solution Advisors, PLLC. Joel provides tax planning, preparation, and consulting services to middle-market companies in a variety of industries.
Aaron Ellinger
VP of Organizational Development and Executive Coach RF-SMART
Aaron coaches, consults with, and presents to executives and other organizational leaders who are looking to thrive in business and in life. During his 30+ years in business
Destinee Disher Swanson
Audit-Senior Manager, Grant Thornton LLP
Grant Thornton LLP
Dwight Irvin, Ph.D.
Associate Professor University of Florida, Anita Zucker Center for Excellence in Early Childhood Studies
University of Florida Anita Zucker Center for Excellence in Early Childhood Studies
Antonia Knox
Head Start Policy Council Liaison
Dr. Adrien Malek-Lasater
Assistant Professor
Department of Teaching, Learning, and Curriculum University of North Florida
Matthew Ohlson, Ph.D.
Executive Director, Taylor Leadership Institute…
Matthew Ohlson is the Executive Director and Endowed Professor at the UNF Taylor Leadership Institute.
Tommie Reilly
Managing Director CBRE Advisory & Transaction Services
CBRE Advisory & Transaction Services
Christine H. Smith
Director Heart Hospital, Patient Relations Baptist Health
Karen Estella Smith
Strategy & Communications
John R. Thomas
Shareholder, Smith Hulsey & Busey
Legacy Council
The ECS Legacy Council is a committee primarily comprised of past Children’s Champion honorees. The purpose of the Legacy Council is to create a lasting reminder of the many generous gifts the various Legacy Council members have given to the community’s children in their own unique and compassionate way. The members will help introduce people in our community to the good work of ECS, assist in hosting the Children’s Champion event, and play a key role in selection of the Children’s Champion honoree each year.
- John D. Baker, II
- Martha Frye Baker
- J.F. Bryan, IV
- Peggy Bryan
- The Hon. John A. Delaney
- Connie Hodges
- Betsy Ross Lovett*
- Mr. Russell B. Newton, Jr.*
- Mrs. Russell B. Newton, Jr.
- Davy Parrish
- Pamela Y. Paul
- The Hon. John Peyton
- Delores Barr Weaver
- Dr. Warner Webb
- Dr. Albert Wilkinson, Jr.*
*Deceased
